The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Leptostoma
(Cuculidae; syn. Geococcyx †Greater Roadrunner G. californianus) Gr. λεπτος leptos slender; στομα stoma, στοματος stomatos mouth (i.e. bill); "LEPTOSTOMA, Sw. Bill very long, entire. Wings very short, and rounded. Tail long, cuneated. Tarsus much longer than the toes. (fig. 172. p. 40.) L. longicauda, Sw. (1824). ?the Sauroth. Bottæ Blainv." (Swainson 1837); "Leptostoma Swainson, 1837, Nat. Hist. Classification Birds, II, p. 325. Type, by monotypy, Leptostoma longicauda Swainson, 1837 = Saurothera californiana Lesson, 1829." (JAJ 2021).
Var. Leptosoma.
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